Press Releases

The North Carolina Museum of Art hosts its second Art in Bloom, a four-day festival of art and flowers, April 7−10. The event features 56 floral masterpieces inspired by the NCMA’s permanent collection in addtion to master classes, presentations, family activities and more.

The gaiety of colonial social life will give way to the clamor for war at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site Feb. 19-21.

Learn about famed naturalist Charles Darwin, take a closer look at his theories and their impact on modern science, and meet some of the scientists who are continuing his work when the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosts Darwin Day on Saturday, February 13, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free; donations welcome.

The golden logos of the NFL Super Bowl marketing, golden rings and a gold "50" to the winners, along with a moment in sports history are not the only golden features of Super Bowl 50. History gives the golden moment a more significant meaning.

Resentment and frustration fomented in the land. Government leaders would not listen, imposed central rule and levied unjust taxes. 

A man-killer at large! A countryside in terror! Only one man knows the next victim. But it’s a man gone mad! Join us for a spine-chilling, nerve-shattering horror-drama when the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences shows “The Ape” on First Friday, February 5, 7 p.m. 

Did you know that the land of the Carolinas once extended ocean to ocean, covering parts of what is now Florida, Mexico, Texas, and California? King Charles II granted this land in 1663 to several of his supporters-the "Lords Proprietors"-in return for their service to the Crown during the English Restoration.

Tryon Palace will offer free admission to the Governor's Palace, historic homes and gardens during Free Day, held Saturday, Feb. 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The North Carolina Symphony will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto, featuring pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, on Friday, Jan. 29, and Saturday, Jan. 30.

Doctors often work to cure our ills as if we are malfunctioning machines and they are teams of skilled mechanics. But the human body is not a machine — it is a bundle of living material that has been produced over millennia through evolution by natural selection.